Heading towards survivor camp

[DAY 15]

It was currently nighttime. Before the apocalypse, nights were seen as exciting and beautiful, some parts of the city would become dark and cold at night while others would only come to life at night.

But in todays world nights are a time of fear for survivors. Survivors must be constantly on guard. The undead have better perception than humans they smell, hear and see better as humans and this is very deadly, especially at night. Furthermore, all living beings including humans, have a few natural weaknesses compared to the Undead. They need sleep and have to go to the toilet. This times are one were humans are most vulnerable.

Therefore, to ensure everyone's safety, humans need to survive in groups. While some must stay awake and guard the area others can let their guard down and sleep. Otherwise, what if the undead attacked at night? Or even worse. What if it's people who slit your throat at night to get a group's supplies? The Apocalypse is not a world where morals or ethics matter. No, morals and ethics may be useful in a safe peaceful world, but in the chaotic deadly apocalypse? Here everyone is for themselves and only the most cautious and adaptable survive.

Just like that, a certain ten-man group decided to put night guard in the hands of two of them today. A young male, approximately 20 - 23 years old, and 190 cm tall (6 feet 2) with an average face and green eyes. He carries a katana at his waist with one hand on it, ready to strike at any moment. The other figure is a small woman who appears to be the same age as the boy. She is approximately 157 cm tall (5 feet 2) and has a bow in her hands at the time. They both seem to be talking to each other in low whispers. They are currently in a café and are on the ground floor.

But suddenly they hear some noises...

"ahhh"

"kraa"

"splat"

"..."

Silence. Both people stopped after the noises disappeared. They both ready their guns and the man moves his hand to a cord hanging from a wall. He touches it briefly but firmly and shakes it. He then positions himself further forward in the room, facing towards the main entrance which is barricaded. All windows are also on the side and barricaded. The woman, on the other hand, tightens her bow and walks further back in the room, aiming her bow at the door. Ready to shoot anytime.

...

Neo decided that night to visit his three little pigs, he jumped on to a street below him with his armor active and then decided to deactivate the armor afterwards when he was sure that there was no danger nearby.

He walked down the street filled with wrecked and abandoned cars. Ash and the strong stench of iron in the air filled up his nose as he walked slowly and leisurely towards a small brown cafe. Next to him were undead who growled and walked around aimlessly. Some of the undead looked at Neo as he walked past them. But instead of attacking him, which other humans would expect to happen, the undead did nothing.

No, that's not true. They gave him ... way so he could move on. Some even left the street to avoid him completly.

Any other survivor would go completely insane at the sight of it. A human with a broadsword on his back and two backpacks who doesn get attacked by the undead and the undead will make him space whe he comes towards them.

How is something like this possible? We are here fighting the undead and each other to survive. But here is Neo taking a little evening stroll in this world of chaos and despair. What is this world for him? A big sandpit where he can play around?

Neo also found that kind of strange but he thougth it may be because the can sense that he is stronger as them. But what he didn't know is that Neo's invisible aura is all over him an covers basically the entire street. All undead are instinctively fear this aura the dare not to come near him. It seems that Neo's mood also seems to subconsciously influence this aura.

What would happen if Neo would knew about his aura and learned to control it?

...

Neo, who has now arrived before his destination, looked at the house and its Condition.

'They reinforced the windows and door with newspaper, wood from chairs and steel ... mmmh that reminds me of a story ... what was the name of it again' Neo asked himself with a smile as he examined the building in front of him.

After a few seconds he puts the backpacks on the ground and pulls a small knife out of it.

'Weapons other than the black broadsword on my back feel so different now ... without life' thought Neo as he looked at the military knife in his hand.

'Well, let's tidy up a bit then' Neo thought to himself and he looked around the nearby area.

There were about 8 or so undead nearby and Neo decided to quickly kill them all.

Said and done. He jumped into action, running silently and deadly down the street from one undead to the next. Behind him, the heads of the undead fell to the ground.

Like that, in less than 1 minute all undead were dead and beheaded. The poor didn't even have a chance to react and were slaughtered like cattle.

...

After Neo killed all the undead with a cold stare, he suddenly smiled again and spoke loud enough for everyone around to hear him.

"HAHAHAHAH... My little three piggies let me in or should I puff and cough and get myself in" yelled Neo with a smile on his lips.

Silence.

There was no answer from the within the house. There doesn't seem to be anyone there. But Neo saw it differently and he took the two backpacks in both hands and jumped towards the entrance of the café. He kicked at the door with his right leg and flew right through, the barricades could not stop him at all.

...

The two people in the room jumped into action when, after hearing a voice, a figure came out of the darkness and kicked the door wide open.

The two people are none other than Merem and Ninette, two of Neo Pigs ... ah no two of his targets.

Anyways, Ninette shot an arrow with her bow and Meram jumped out of his cover and quickly drew his katana, they were to attack the figur they couldn't recognize at first.

The figure... Neo who sees both attacks coming towards was still smiling in peace. Suddenly he threw one of the duffle bags which was full with ammunition at the arrow and Ninett who was standing behind the arrow. Afterwards, he then steped lightly on the katana that was going forhis neck and brought it down to the ground while doing so he smacks Meram's face with the other duffle bag.

Neo's reactions were so quick, Ninette and Meram didn't have a chance to counter. Ninett's arrow was blocked by the duffle bag that Neo threw and with great force it flew at Nienett. She was catapulted about 5 meters away from her position by the bag and landed on the ground with her ass. Meram didn't fare any better. His katana was blocked by Neo with his foot and Neo's bag hit him in the face and he flew back about 3 meters but was still able to stand and with his katana in his both hands he readied himself to continue to attack.

"Hello it's ME your savior who killed the evil monster And gave you food and a roof! Why don't you greet me with open arms?" Neo who has now fun wasting time, suddenly said loudly.

At that moment a door in the café burst open and 8 people came out, each with a gun in their hands, even the children and the pregnant woman had a small knife.

"UWAAA! the big bad wolf !" yelled a little girl with a round face and yellow eyes in amazement.

"What... it's true, what was his name again... ehhh... Neo, exactly!" Donatien said affirmatively while nodding.

"What? oh right that's Mr. Neo who helped us." Meram said while holstering his katan.

"I'm sorry we recognized Mr. Neo so late." said Meram afterwards.

Meanwhile, Elly helped Ninette to get up. Ninettte, on the other hand, with one hand on her ass and the other on her bow, stares at Neo with a death stare but doesn't say anything else.

"Sigh"

'Woman ... you can save and protect them and they still won't like you' thought Neo as he closed the door behind him.

After that, everyone stares at Neo with an inquisitive look.

"Sigh"

"Well, maybe we'll start by introducing ourselves. You all know my name, don't you? ... My name is Neo Ehrenbach and I'm a 21-year-old student of xxx university." said Neo

"Nice to meet you Neo. My name is Donatien. I admire you for fighting the monster back then. Did you kill the monster? How can you move so fast? Were you in the military? Are you one of that elite Soldiers?" asked Donatien frankly.

"Donatien, stop asking Mr. Neo so much, he must be exhausted and needs rest. My name is Meram and I am also grateful to you for helping us and even providing us with shelter and supplies." Meram said as he looked at Neo.

"Hmph! Why is the guy here! Tells us he would come in two days but takes a whole five days, tell me what did you do for five days? And why did you attack us first?" said Ninette emotionally.

"Ninette, what are you saying? Mr. Neo, I'm terribly sorry, she doesn't mean it. Normally she's calm and composed, but today she's kinda weird." Meram excused as he glared at Ninette briefly and then turned his gaze to Neo.

"haha... you guys can be really funny don't you. I don't mind if the little bunny throws curses around, she just needs to mature." Neo said while looking at Ninett's body.

You should know that even though Ninette is already 20, she basically has the body of a child. No breasts, a round face and she is very small at 157 cm. The only thing that makes her mature is her wide hips and some curves, oh and her butt seems big.

Neo seems to have hit a sore spot with his words, especially since Ninette suddenly turns red in the face like a tomato and points to Neo and swears.

Neo ignores Ninettes and instead takes the two backpacks back and places them on an empty table.

'Five days have already passed, Emily, why didn't you tell me about it? Wait, let's talk about this later, not now.' Neo thought confused.

"Donatie? As for your question, yes I killed the monster, it was a mutant undead, but I doubt you'll see one like that any time soon. And how I killed it. Well, I just sliced of all of it's arms, one by one. The main disadvantage of the undead in the beginnig, is that they are just stupid, they attack openly and without much thought." lied Neo. He would never reveal his secrets openly to just anyone. He's not an idiot, ok?

"Liar! The monster wasn't stupid. When I shot it with my bow, it protected its mouth and armpits because it had no armor there. That thing wasn't stupid!" screamed Ninette suddenly.

'OK, that damn woman is starting to annoy me a lot. mmmm... should I eat them?' Neo thought to himself as he looked at Ninette, but he decided against it for now, he needed this group to get to the Survivor Camp where he can get new equipment and information. Also, his mother might be there and he doesn't know how many people are there, to find them faster some contacts and favors would be very helpful. In addition, he has not mentioned a person so far.

Neo originally came to town before the apocalypse, both to check on his mother and to find a colleague of his father's. His name is Etienne Trop. Neo was looking for him hoping he knows something about his father's accident or his research. But then when the apocalypse happened and his mother was kidnapped, there were other priorities. But now if he gets the chance he will thoroughly question that guy.

"Hi... eeem, my name is Elly and I was one of the survivors in the apartment... I... thank you for saving my life and my children's..." Elly said as she introduced herself

"...ah, they are not my children! I have no children and ... will probably never have any." Elly said with a sad look as she remembered what happened to her in the past.

...

"Nice to meet you, I'm Neo and happy to work with you" said Neo looking at Elly. Of course he didn't mean it, but making a good impression can sometimes come in handy.

"But explain to me, if five days have passed why are you still here? Or don't you have any other place to go?" Neo asked while looking at Meram who seems to have become the decision maker in this group.

"We come from a whole camp full of survivors, I think there were about 40 thousand survivors in the camp. It is in district xxx and we would have left three days ago if it weren't for the damned cultists who blocked the best road towards there." said Meram as he looked slightly proud.

"Oh you might not know it but the cultists are a bunch of bloody monsters who sacrifice and eat people, they love torturing their captives and tormenting them for as long as possible." said Meram as he made a face full of hate.

"Mmm cultists so... how many are there roughly and where are they from?" asked Neo

"The cultists come from the slums in the south of the city. When it all started, everyone in the city wanted to flee to the military outpost in the north. But the cultists showed up at day 3 or so and they started to sacrifice and kill people. They're 9,000 to 11,000 men strong. There preacher is regarded as a prophet of there savior or something. But nobody knows much more." said Ninette, who seems well informed about the city's location.

'Well, good for something after all' Neo thought to himself as he looked at Ninette with a cold look.

Ninette started to tremble slightly but didn't say anything else.

"Okay, and who's in charge in the camp? And how many combat-ready people are there?" asked Neo

"The former police chief of the district is the leader of the camp, he should still have about 500 police officers and around 8000 survivors who can and want to fight. But the situation could be different now, we only saw them on the 7th day and therefore we have no current information. We only know that the cultists have taken the way to the camp from here. If we want to get to the camp we have to fight our way through. The only problem is that we don't have enough weapons and ammunition.

"So they are blocking the way? Then we'll just send them to hell while we'll leave the kids at a safe place with some guns and supplies and when we're done we'll get them later." Neo said.

"WHAT!, who made you the boss? What qualifies you?" screamed Ninette again.

"Mmm good that you're asking, maybe because I killed the mutated undead or because I just beat up your fat ass for only five minutes. Or maybe because of that..." Neo said with a smile as he opened one of the bags on the table. The bag was full of ammunition and automatic firearms of various kinds.

Everyone froze when they saw the guns and ammo in their pockets. Even Ninette wasn't quite so angry anymore.

"Go wrap your stuff and get ready, next destination survivor camp..." Neo said with a smile.